Reflecting sign



Patented Feb. 12, 1935 1,990,518

UNITED? STATES PATENT orifice REFLECTING SIGN Richard P. Benoit,Worcester, Mass., assignor to McKenzie Engraving Co., Boston, Mass., acorporation of Massachusetts Application December 9, 1933, Serial No.701,688

Claims. (Cl. 40-135) This invention relates to reilecting signs and Thedesignating characters 17 may be letters, has for its object theproduction of a simple and gures, or other congurations, as desired.inexpensive article of this character adapted to These designatingcharacters 17 may be'combe secured to the glass of a window or the like,bined in any Suitable manner 130 00m/'ey any de- 5 and provided withletters or other characters sired'information.' A K which Will stand outas if illuminated when the r AS ShOWn in the drawing Jthe Charactersindirays of the sun, a headlight, or other means are Cate the StateirrWhiCh a Car bearing the Sign projected thereon. is registered` l Thisobject is attained by the arrangement and Primarily the reeeting Sign isindicated for lo combination of elements illustrated in the ac use as agreeting Sign, aS fOr instance, Merry 10 companying drawing Christmas orHappy New Year.

For the purpose of illustrating the invention, In a Sign. Conveying agreeting Merry Christone preferred form thereof is illustrated in themas tlle Panel l5 iS preferably greenI andwbOrdrawing, this form havingbeen found to give der lo and letters 17 a#re in redl5 satisfactory andreliable result although it is lnierposed bei'fWeen and Secured t0 theOppo- 15 to be understood that tnew'anous instrumentan- -Site ends 0fthe `Sien are summed tabs 19, porties of which the inventioi consistscan be varitions of Which DrOJ'eCi beyOnd the Sign and areouslyarranged'and organized,A and the invention adapted, to be guinlned t0 the backWindow of is not limited to the'precise arrangement and ora motor oar orSuoh Signs may be Secured in a A() ganization of these instrumentalitiesas herein Similar manner to the rear face 0f a WindOW 0f 20 shown anddescribed except as required byv the a'housev Scope of the appendedelalms- When thus secured to the back window of a 1n the drawing motorcar or a house Window the greeting on Figure l represents a Signembodying th the sign is clearly exposed to View in daylight.

principles of the present invention. Whenthe designating characters 17have been Figure 2 represents a vertical transverse secprinted upon thefront Sheet l0 a plurality 0f tion of same drawn to an enlarged scalewith the operlmgs 20 are formed in the Sheet 10 eXpOSing thickness ofthe materials used greatly exaggerto VleW the metalsheet 14- o ated-These openings 20 conform to the designating 3e Figure 3 represents afrom elevation of a pol. characters 17 and when the rays of a headlight30 tion of Said slgrrl and Showing a Single letter are projected uponthe sheet 10 the light therehaving perforati'onis" therein behind whichis'disfrom Wm be reflected from the xposed face of posed an indentedmetal foil'having a reectng the Sheet 14 and make the designating char-Surfaacters 17 stand out brilliantly. 1

Figure 4 represents a longitudinal vertical Sec- While a certain effectmay be thus secured 35 tron of one end of solo Sign and-Showing a supfrom the reflecting face of the .sheet 11i through porting gummed tabapplied thereto, and the openings 20, a much more brilliant eiiect mayFlgure 5 represents a from elevation of a por be secured by forming insaid sheet 14 a pluraltion of the Sign and Showing o Single perform-,lonity of depressions 21 having inclined sides 22. 4o in e letter with aboeking of indented meta1fo11. Preferably each depression 21 registers.with 40 Similar characters indicate like parts throughand is Centered ineach opening 20- i our the several peores of the drawing The openings 20may be disposed in the sheet In the drawingy l0 and ll are two parollel10 in the form of designating characters withsheets of cardboardpreferably joined together out the Print-lng of Such Characters 17 onthe atlthe upper epd by a fold l2 and gummod to sheet 10 but preferablythe colored characters are 45 gether at their lower ends, as indicatedat 13. printed 0n the Sheet and than the openings 20 Interposed betweenthese parallel sheets 10 formed Within the boundaries thereof, es inand11 is a metal sheet 14 having a reecting dioaied in the draWingfrontface, By this means the. reecting surfaces of the 5o The front face ofthe sheet 1o is provided with Sheet 14 and the depressions 21 will makethe 50 a panel 15 of one color surrounded by a border Coloredchere-eters Stand 011i? InOre Clearly- 16 of a different color. l In thedaytime when the rays of the sun are On the panel 15 a plurality ofdesignating projected upon the sign the characters 17 will characters 17`are printed, these characters 17 stand out with great brilliancy owingto the rays having a color different fr' m that of the panel 15. of thesun being reflected through the openings 20, these rays being deected indiierent directions owing to the inclined sides 22 of the depressions21.

In Fig. 2 of the drawing the sheet 14 is shown greatly exaggerated inthickness but in actual practice this sheet will be of thin material andwhen the depressions 21 are formedthereinporrays of the headlights ofthe following car are projected thereon.

The signs are inexpensive to manufacture and very attractive inappearance, and provide a very' simple means of presenting the seasonsgreetings to others.

It is believed that the operation and many advantages of the inventionwill be understood without further description.

Having thus described my. invention, I claim 1. A sign having a plainpanel with its outer face provided with a plurality of characters of adifferent color, each character having within its boundaries openingstherein, and a sheet of refleeting material atthe rear :of said panelhaving a depression therein centrally positioned behind each opening. K

2. A sign having a plain panelhaving formed on its outer face aplurality of characters of distinguishing color, each character havingwithin its boundaries openings therein extending through said panel, anda sheet of reilecting material at the rear of said panel and exposed toview through said openings, said material having centrally disposedbehind each opening a square depression with flat inclined sides.

3. A sign having a plain panel provided with a plurality of openingsextending through said panel disposed in groups, each group forming adesignating character and having a sheet of reflecting material atv therear of said panel and exposed to view through said openings, saidmaterial having a plurality of similarly shaped depressions of which oneis positioned in the center of and opposite each opening. v

4. A sign consisting of a plain panel provided with a plurality ofopenings extending through said panel disposed in groups, each groupforming adesignating character anda sheet of reecting material at therear of said openings, said reflecting material having centrallydisposed oppositeeach opening a depression with a plurality of facets.

5. A sign consisting of two parallel panels, of

which the front panel has a plurality of openings Aextendingtherethrough in groups, each group forming a designating character, 'anda thin metal sheet disposed between said panels and having a pluralityof similar depressions, one opposite each opening and within theboundaries thereof,'each depression having a plurality of flat inclinedfacets facing in different directions.

6. A sign consisting of two-parallel panels, of which the front panelhas a plurality of openings extending therethrough in groups, each groupforming a designating character, and a thin metal sheet disposed betweensaid sheets and having indentations with inclined sides, one of saidindentations being opposite each opening.

7. A sign provided on its front face with a plurality of characters,each character having a plurality of openings therein, and a sheet ofreecting material at the rear thereof, said material having opposite thecenter of each opening a square flat-bottomed depression with iiat inclined sides.

8. A sign consisting of a folded member having a reecting metal sheetinterposed between the front and rear sheets thereof, the rear sheetbeing imperforate and said front sheet having a plurality of openingstherein forming designating characters and said metal sheet having aplurality of indentations therein, one registering with each opening.

9. A sign provided with a front panel having on its front face aplurality of characters each having within its borders a plurality ofopenings, and a metal sheet behind said panel having a depressedreflecting surface behind the center of' Va designating character, ametal sheet between said panels having a reecting surface with aninclined flat sided depression exposed in each opening, and the rearpanel being imperforate.

RICHARD P. BENOIT.

